Combination camping outfit.



No. 844,603. PATENTED FEB. 19, 190?.

O. MASSEY. COMBINATION CAMPING OTFIT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1906.

atroz-M1139 i i I I CLAUD MASSEY, OF BOSTON, GEORGIA.

COMBINATION CAMPING OUTFIT.

Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application nei May 7, 1906.' semi N0. 315,617.

To a/ZZ whom, zit may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAUD Massai', a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Thomas and State of Geor- Uia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Camping Outfits; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oiI the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to in'iprovements in combination camping outfits.

The object of the'invention is to provide a device of this character comprising a combined handle and ease in which is arranged a series of implements which are adapted to be drawn out of the case and secured in a position for use and which after use may be pushed back into the casing and secured therein, thus providing a handle end also means for holding and carrying the implements, the case being readily carried in any of the pockets of a garment and the implements securely protected thereby.

VIith the above and other objects in view tituted for those here shown. On the inner ends of the stem or shank of the implements 6 is formed a right-angularly-projecting lug 7, adapted to project through and slide in the slots 4. On the outer ends of each lug 7 is secured a knob 8, by means of' which the implements are held in engagement with the slots and moved in and out of the casing, as will be understood. Then the implements are in a closed position or drawn into the casing, the lug 7 1s engaged with the offset slot 5 at the inner end of the slots 4, thus preventing the slipping out of the implement when the same is not in use. I/Vhen the implements are drawn out of the casing for use, the lugs 7 are adapted to be engaged with the oiisets 5 at the outer ends of the slots 4, thereby holding the implements in a projected position for use. In order that the lugs 7 on the Shanks of' the implements may be held in engagement with the oiiset slots 5 a .suitable spring 9 is secured to the Shanks and is adapted to bear against one wall or' the slots 4 in such a position. thatwhen the implel ment has been drawn out of the casing to a position tor use the iug 7 on the handle the invention consists of certain novel lfexi tures of construction, combination, and :zrrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the acconipanying drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of the invention, showiiig one of' the implementsprojected in position for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudiln s-ictional view of the same. Fig. 33 a niiiar view taken at right angles to Fig. I and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the same.

Referring more particularlyv to the drawings, 1 denotes a casing, which maybe oi any suitable shape, but which is here shown and is preferably of a flat rectangular form, said casing b ing divided by partitions 2 into a series of compartments 3, of which there may be any desired number, three of said compartments being shown in the present instance. In one of the side walls oi" the casing 1 is formed a series of longitudinallydisposed slots 4, said slots being preferably arranged le. the center of each compartment. At the opposne ends of the slots 4 are iorm ed short oii'set slots 5.

Arranged in each of the compartments 3 is a culinary implement 6, said implements being shown in the present instance as a spoon. fork, and can-opener. Any other desired implements may, however, be subthereot will spring into the oiIset slot 5, thus holding the lug in engagement with the slot,

and in the same manner when the implement is pushed into the casing the spring 9 will iorce the lug 7 into the oifset slot at the inner end of the longitudinal slots 4 and thereby holfl the implements in the casing.

By providing an outfit of this character a plurality ot culinary implements may be conveniently carried in the pocket when not in use'and quickly projected for use from the casing containing the sa me, said casing when the implements are thus projected serving as a handle for the implements.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily' understood without requirir g a more extendiv :I explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as deiined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettczf's Patent, is--- A conibination camping outiit, comprising ilat rectangular casing open at one end and IOO IOC

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divided longitudinally into plility 'of f ill f th letel slots to hold said impleroimplement-containing compartments, each ment in extended or Withdrawn position. compartment having in one Wall thereof e In testimony whereof I have hereunto set longitudinally extending slot With lateral my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 5 extensions at each end thereof, a culinary nes'ses.

im lement disposed in each compartment CLAUD MASSEY. an having a projecting lug on lts' shank Witnesses: adapted to extend through said slot, and a 'JQ A. HORN,

spring carried by said lug for engaging the F. C. JONES. 

